Hyperphoresy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hyperphoresy is a noun meaning (biology, entomology) The situation of one organism carrying another organism, which is itself carrying a third organism, due to phoresy.
Meaning
(biology, entomology) The situation of one organism carrying another organism, which is itself carrying a third organism, due to phoresy.
Example Sentences
Hyperphoresy, when one organism is being transported by another that is also in the process of being transported, is extremely rare in the fossil record but does occur (Fig. 203).
2011, L. T. Sabagh, R. J. P. Dias, C. W. Branco, C. F. D. Rocha, New records of phoresy and hyperphoresy among treefrogs, ostracods, and ciliates in bromeliad of Atlantic forest, in Biodivers. Conserv. 20, 1837–1841
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include trophophoresy, phylosymbiosis, herbiphagy, anthophily, polyphagism, trophobiosis.
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